LETTER: Don't Trust U.N. Scientists -- Earth Isn't Warming

March 29, 2013

The Reuters article "Hurricanes: Warmer Weather, Stronger Storms?" [March 20, news] is misleading in two major respects. First, it implies that increases in storm severity would be unprecedented. To the contrary: Although alarmists have predicted more severe storms for the last 20 years, major storms were more frequent and frequently more powerful in the 1930-1960 period than during this century.

Second, and most significantly, the U.N. panel on climate change is referenced as the source for predicting disastrous temperature increases in coming years. What doesn't get reported is that the U.N. panel is highly political and desires to tax the rich countries in order to compensate poor countries for the catastrophes it predicts.

The entire basis of those dire predictions is faulty, however. In fact, the last 15 years of data is actually showing the increase in global surface temperatures to have leveled off, thus proving that climate models have grossly over-predicted. And, to beat all, this stabilization has occurred in spite of increasing carbon emissions, thus further disproving the fear that man-made CO2 emission was the cause.

The major media outlets, including The Courant, ought to report the full climate story rather than trying to reinforce public fears of global warming.